RetinaFace Guides

Installation

A clean, step-by-step walkthrough for installing RetinaFace on Windows 11 — from the download to your first successful detection.

Jun 12, 20266 min read

Setup

The portable bundle and the standard installer behave differently. Here is how to pick the right RetinaFace build for your machine.

Jun 9, 20265 min read

Basics

Never worked with a face detector before? This guide explains what RetinaFace does and gets you to your first result without the jargon.

Jun 6, 20267 min read

Development

Load an image, run RetinaFace, and read the boxes, landmarks and confidence scores it returns — with copy-paste Python you can adapt.

Jun 3, 20268 min read

Troubleshooting

Module not found, CUDA mismatches, slow first run — the errors people hit most with RetinaFace and exactly how to clear each one.

May 30, 20266 min read

Performance

Practical settings — backbone choice, input size, batching and GPU use — that turn RetinaFace into a smooth real-time detector.

May 27, 20267 min read

Comparison

How RetinaFace stacks up against MTCNN, Haar cascades and SSD on accuracy, speed and landmarks — so you can choose with confidence.

May 23, 20267 min read

Concepts

What the five facial landmarks mean, how the confidence score is calculated, and how to use both to filter weak detections.

May 19, 20266 min read